The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

, If the NiinisTry strAng enp u gh t o res i st I htse pri n ciples of 'iffiarcilv, it mo ta, and throne w i t h i t 3, but its fall shouldst not il be inglo the - rious. To concede the least point on so import ant and so delicate a matter would not retard its 1. 1 11 an instant. The Ministry has displayed great vigour and talent on in i anr occasions ; 7" it must b e confessed, that it ac t s w i t h an il leo nceiyabl e t i m idi ty i n great ones. 1 know e op e and the latent en trie s it h as to „ l :t -°4lhat with, but let it only remain firm the post of ditty, and i ts u l t i m a te triumph t s ertni o. It has g a i ne d t h ree great victories tr , vel. the 'uni te d f orces of Jacoliinisi n an d Ulna tila,tlistn, the Ordti onance the 5:11 September, ii:e4aw on Elections, and that on the Itecruit th:tc'f th e Army. Why., then, sh ou ld we d espa i r, , i n the moment of such imminent danger for it'sfatal ne and the St a t e , t h at i t w ill yield to the nuations of one p ar ty, or the menaces of 11°lhee. P, AR". Maactr 18 —I have m o re t h an once re b t4elted the Ministers with their worse than i ea ltoess, i n l eaving the posts of t rust an d ho i:,°"' in the hands of th e i r enem i es; there b y hop .g to conve r t t h ose i n whom it is an innate Prii • t eiPle to use the power they,are permitted to ' e rtise in t h e f urtherance of Ole plan s o f t h e i r 0 j tV , s ll Party, Blid consequently see k t h e d estruc- C J ) ot th e Ministry v s hi c h emp l oye d them, and r i tt " nilvant age o f t h at moderation which suf "rs th en , t„ terrain ; saving, that. Mioistry can Ite ‘er staod which cannot distinguish between its tyeads and i ts enemies, and onhesit a ti ng ly con fiq es "e u post s of honor and of d anger to i ts k nown kivers nr i cs. Ibi s s y stem w e shall see is about to Ceri se in part, and w e trust i t w ill ent i re l y, for i : -t 43 Monstrous to see a p arty a ff ect an d pretenil i t) " Power abov e t h e l aw , as i t i s to witness an ii-nrePreSt,ed hostility to i t , f rom an opposite 1 ” 4 "er; hut to recent facts. Gen. DONADIEU (WI) ° HI tiee Missionaries comp a red t o T uaellNa , ,w; 'llll whom lie has nothing in cionmon save being 11 l be stone religion) has been at length'dismissed. Net at open l sear with M. C norlN d'AnNou si-h. Prefect of the here, and as these two Gest iiii;le,rl were diam e t r i ca lly oppos i te i n their po.- 4 a , t ' 4l opini ons , i t was i mpossible that the civil to• military command of the di s t r i ct cou ld b e IlA iSon with each other, and their disputes were 4 t'et,4,PlY e xc i ting civil war . DotiADlEtt, counting .14'7'ss invisible protectors, carried his insolence nr sct to threaten to horsewhip the Prefect. CtioNzst d'Aesouvit.Lc, whose courage A i " enemies cannot d ou b t , h a d suc h a cum !l'!" o ver himself, reco ll ect i ng hi s s i tuation of ,t a 'e Mug' s Li eutenant , an d that i t was his duty • 4 've ao example of co o l ness an d tr i umph over s t , t i l ission s , that lie did not challenge the ogres t • A man less known. than M. C. d'A. for the eer y, of his character, and his personal bra arle Would have incurred the imputation of cow (iice. but such a charge could never fix on him. mellBl7, M. de Alot:LivauT, one of the best vi:4t 17, France, and who governed the De- C olt4llNi 'if the Isere, with an impartiality full of 's' and wisdom, was sacrificed to the Military feof the Province, DoNADIEU. It was s lt tier t hat Cuortti d'AßNouvzi.LE wo u ld s h are "Pen - e 4 :l t, fate;' but the Ministry has at length " teart.,, "s eves, and d one justice on this b a d fief aUd brutal soldi er . Hi s di sm i ssion has to),yel appeared in the Official Journal, and the it; t 'oly dare to g i ve i t as a rumour ; but I give II as a fact ; then why not openly announce rude °4 Will say. It will be 60, but not with pa to:3 as an ordinar y event , an d matter of aal, 111 , " ; at a period w h en part i es run high, it is e one which doubts i ts own strength that' ikt natte rs f orth in a p ompous manner i ts real or fancied I )et ‘t:etie3- Thi s i s a di st i ngu i shing criterion I lie - f . ll Ole Mi n it r y an d t h e two extreme Parties, urtuer g a i ns i ts v i ctor i es i n silence, it issues 04,14 11 etins ; wh ereas t h e l atter never gains the oth 'test temporary advant age w i t h out employing t gtvlen oe trumpets of fame. Another reason might DONADIEU'S dismissal, made a parade ether extreme . tend to raise the guilty hopes of the t i xt reme party, an d t h e Mi n i stry i s resolved Itat itself averse to every pr i nc i ple that exists 1 .rie Constitution. At le tf ett M Mi nistry has also di sm i sse d M. DE LA SALLE, '1•4:,14 the Haute Marne ; his Ultra Royalist '4Pies tormented, and rendered unhappy a 111'4 naturally inclined to quiet and obe- Ivtn.tehei otherwise M de In SALLE is a man of 41 tra v i but Party spirit blinds and leads him il l I t :: There is themaremerit in his dismi ss i on , : 1 ;N , 1 1 , 3 a near relative of one o f t h e Mi n i sters ; p; i tt v Y hav e coosetinenly shewn, th a t w h en 4 4,4 t o 'weal is concerned the ties of blood arc AR Y'sscrificed on the altar of their duty. ~71 4 4 .: l a SaLL F is replaced by M. de ST. GENEST, sin t-q•ct of • ve recollect he was also fled Corsica ; 1 , 13 5ee,, 411 Ultra Royalista, but we suppose he W.°E th e ( lie error of his ways, and the example 11 n t 4t ! of M. de la SALLE, and even his own It i s 1 : i i t it hoped, be lost on him. A"Jtieved by those who examine the march g e folli,"istry closely, that these dismissals will . I )tos t red by several others; it is a consummation fia ~e i e : L ° : l llY to be wished. The remat k may be Per son -"4elt tines not seem to have struck any 44 1 i s . ' j that Wherever there are good Prefects 4 ove clin n end tranqUillity, public opinion int lions „ S i c the petiple are emulous fienlOnStra- Nbj` lo yalty and obedience. This striking fact it au Lto etil ighten the Mi n i s t r y (Hi the condu c t rite to Pursu e respecting its agents. Ojai* arc Otr(s will not f a il to cry out that the R o y- Wisepersecuted but the . Ministry 'will, if it be sttl~cillooll impose silence upon thent ; it is not of ent tOTelnove those who, under the mask kthe enthusiastic love of the King, exasperate oiarrizeos by a thousand vexations. NO, the ~„_s!ry must also remove all those from Public tipi_oions who are known for Demagogical prin. te sp t e • and it has incurred a .just reproach in this tifpret,lo Suffering to remain at the hradof t Ire Bank halt:nee such a man as the Banker LAFITTE, who tri t il l 'i s le an enormous fortun e by his transactioos ti„,,the porermtent, and who affects the pride of tlticit, leeder It) politics, by promoting the most t' 't4ogic . n i • • - „ prtncip es; I ant . thanks to the inatt en tri of the Alinisters, he is becom e a species of "He, %Ow dispuS pleas e of a ih.s littl ee e commerce Ec of at P his at is. And ur from th e Witieh LUIS been given to 11 YERED. PARIS, 11.1Aitnn l9.—The efforts of .the Police have been crowned with success ; the assassin of his Grace is in custody, yet the Police is still silent . , because it is believed that he has accomplices not yet in custody. The following are the facts which may be implicitly relied on :—The execrable wretch is one Cantillon or Caintillon, formerly a soldier, who had taken refuge in Belgium. This miserable outcast, seduced by the hope of reward, came se' cretly to Paris, to commit the crime in question ; he immediately got his mustachios shaved, and set . off without a passport for the Low Countries, but the Gendarmery would not . suffer him to pass the frontiers. Cantillort knowing well that the Police was after him, fancied that he would be more safe at Paris tl4an any where else; he there fore returned, and was arrested in the clay thne on Monday last. Nothing has yet transpired as to any confessions that be may have made, but it appears certain that he has several accomplices or instigators, some of whom are already in custody, It may safely be affirmed, that this execrable plot was formed in Belgium, by a set of miserable wretches, who cannot be said specially to belong j to any party, who have no country, but are al ways anxious to seize the opportunity of creating or profiting by troubles, becaus., they have no means of existence except what tumult or disorder a fro r ds Thus, then, vont prediction on first hearing o the assassination is fully verified, and all the fine reasonings and passionate exclamations of your brother Editors are falsified by the fact. The French Police has pursued this affair with an acti- vity, zeal, and intelligence, that does it immorta honour. It knew that the assassin m►►st ulti• mately be taken. Let him go where he might, his leaving France was impossible; and the limier: (blood-bonnds popular term for a French Police Officer) having once got scent of him, his caption was certain. We might here contrast the snpe- rinricy of the organization of the French Police over the English. At Bow•street, for instance, an examination takes place,—an offender is stated to have gone down to Liverpool,—t hey send after him, and the Newspapers immediately give the hue and cry ; the offender reads the Papers, knows what is doing, and very often escapes merely through the hints given him. The French Police, 0:1 the contrary, never flushes its game, it allows no bahlers, but, silent as the grave, it pursues with unwearied patience all the windings of an affair, till it arrives at the point desired. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Ganges, CHAPMAN, from Calcutta ; sailed the 29th Oct., and from the Sand Heads the 6th Nov. The Robert Quayle had pot hack, had been in dock, and was to sail about the 7th Nov.:—r u t the 11th Dec. in lat. 20. 19. S. long. 65. 54. E. spoke the Sherbourne, from Calcutta for this port ;—on the 24th, in lat. 28. 17. S. long. 45. 34. E. spoke the Adeline, front Batavia for America ; passed the Cape the 13th January;--on the 28th Jan. was boarded, off St. Helena, by his Majes ty's ship Mosquito, and was informed that the Princess Charlotte had passed 10 days before for Liverpool. Also arrived the Rolla, Jonas, from St. Domingo ; sailed the 7th February; on the 16th inst. in Ist. 49—loug. 16 30. spoke the Re ' trench, from hence for Jaron;ca, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kan' landed tin Saturday evening at Dover, from his Majesty's packet the King George, Captain KING, from Ca lais, and proceeded on for London, after taking some refreshment at the York. Hotel. The marriage of the Princess ELIZABETH with the Prince of HESSE liomaouao is to take place on the evening of the 7th of April, at the Queen's Palace. The cards of invitation to the distin guished personages who are to be present upon the occasion enjoin full dress. They were is sued on Saturday, in the name of the 4.)VREN-, by the Earl of WINCHELEMA, the Groom of the Stole to the KING, and the Comptroller•Geueral of the Witukor Establishment. It is understood at Windsor, that the Prißeess atzABE - rn, though about to reside principally in the country of her husband, will return annually to England, and that she will trod!' the title of Ranger of Richmond-park, though without the emoluments, and, as a consrquence of this tide, have a house in Richt amid-pall appropriated to het aauudl use. -.which is so ,fa'r ahave hip talents :trot his per !•onal merit, he has blen able, by - himself alone, to Oppose Government, and with some effect, dur ing the late elections.' It was he who procured so many votes for M. BONIAmIrt deCortsj: l ‘tit, crzlrbrated for his political writingi, hut'stilllnote so for the weakness of his character, and hiscom tinual versatility. If the Ministry would - hellos!, and take away every pretext froM the Ultras, must treat LAPITTti as it 1149 trcatedDoZlADll3l7, and then none dare say th4t it throws itself into arms the of the J aco bi ns . S uch n measure I have already hinted at, and be assured the event will soon verity thy prediction. A stranger to all the parties which divide France,. an Englishman by birth and at heart, I judge them by what I conceive to be the-standard of truth; and in their relations not only to the hap piness of France, but that of. Europe, I see no-• thing in the Ministers but" their conduct, and, without pretending to the infallibility of the Pope. I unhesitatingly praise or blame; according •as I think they merit it ; Tway err in my conclusions occasionally, but it will at least be seen that it is unintentionally, and that impartiality guides my Pen. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ASSASSIN DISCO- TII E-Noßni We tindery:and from good litUliority, that Lord COCHRANE bas caosea a Steam-boiAt to be built, in which be. sititenas to .tai4e a voyage to the. North Pole, arid from thetce . to Ilebring's Strait. She to be scliooner-rigged, and will be accom- paiiieil by some old collier, laden i;•ith conk, ns far as Spitzbergen. Here the coals gill be taken into the schooner ; and as the run is oldv five days to the from thence to ring's Strait nine dayS, and as she nicans to make use of sail's when tle wind is fair, his Lout- Ship is sanguine in hope of being the first to ac coniplish the 'north-west passage over the Pole, and thus to Set both of the Parliamentary re wards, amounting to 25,001., one half of which nearly will be expended it) the outfit. Hazardous as the navigation among ice with a Stearn-boat may appear to he, we ate not sure that it is not the least of any, as the beset,ment of ships in the Ice generally happens in a calm, when the Ice is moving about in all dirretious by the under-cur- tents, while the ships remain immoveable; where as, by lighting up the engine whenever the wind fails, the ship may be carried with case clear the Ice. We heartily wish his Lordship success in this hazardous undertaking, and cannot but lit Client that he had not always turned his mind to sub jects corluected with his profession, for which he professed every . qualificat ion to make him a distin guished member. PRINCE LEOI'OLD. NVRyMoUTH, MARCH 19.--On Sunday last his Royal Highness ruitice LEOPOLD observed the solemnities of the. Sabbath in a private manner, at the King's Lodge. The whole of the Prince's Establishment joined in its sacred rites. The next and following days his Highness repeated his favourite ride on Smaltnonth Sands, and after wards proceeded towards the Island of Portland. The pebble beach has attracted the particular at tention of the Prince ; And the exercise that be has enjoyed thereon continues to produce every good effect front its salutary sea breezes. Yester day this Ilhistrious Personage, accompanied by Doctor Stockmar, rude on horseback to the town of Abbotsbnry ; after noticing its antiquities, viewing the stvannary and decoy (the finest in the kingdom) and AbbOtsbury Castle, the delightful Marine Seat of the dowager Countess of Ilches- ter, at 6 o'clock, he leturned to the King's Lodge to dinner, highly gratified with the morninrs ex cursion. This amiable Prince still lives in the most perfect re;ireuient, receiving no personal visi-s, and avoiding a publicity that is most be comingly appreciated by the inhabitants. Sir John Murray, Hart. 11. P. is just arrived at Russel's Royal Hotel. GENERAL ELECTION. We understand that it is the intention of the preient Members for the City of Gloucester, Lord H. HOWARD and Col. WEB B, again to offer them selves-at the General Election, tor the honour of representing that ancient City in Parliament. It is said, however, that they will meet a power fa! opponent in the person of HOBERT BHANIET COOPER, E•q. a Gentleman of higa character in the County for talents and integrity, and tie no bler endowments of a Christian and aman.—Mr. CooPEtt, it seems, stands upon sound constitn iicmal principles in the True 'Blue Interest ; and it appears to be the general opinion that Lord 11. HOWARD, who has represented the City of Glou cester for three successive Parliaments, will, upon this occasion, have a hard struggle, a severe con test being expected. . . Sir ROBERT WILSON, is is said, will be propos6 as a Candidate for the Borough of Soutlnvark. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.---The Reverend JAMES lloYn having been ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh to the Ministry of the Gaelic Church in Cross -street, Hatton-garden, attached and be longing to this excellent Charity, it was opened yesterday for Divine Service. and which, on this occasion, was in English. Mr. BoYo's character is highly esteemed, and we flatter ourselves his ministry in this distinguished situation will be attended with the most important advantages to those who are under hi, immediate and peculiar cure and superintemlance. The new Gas Light Chandelier at Drury-Lane Theatre was lighted up on Saturday for the first time. • It is a very splendid lustre, and its effects prodticed the most decided approbation both of its utility and ornament. • - Cotta-EXCHANGE, Marten 23.—Our Market was but thinly supplied this morning', consequently real Fine Wheat was taken off at the prices of this day week. but ordinary was dull; Fine Oats arc in demand, and from Is. to 2s. per quar ter dearer; Earley has also advanced from Is. to 2s. per quarter ; in Pease and Beanithere is no alteration. We are credibly informed drat an action will be brought speedily at Paris, by an English Gen tleman, against the banising-House of Messrs. PEHREGAUX, LAFITTE, and Co. respecting a lot of diamonds, on which those Gentlemen lent some money against the evablished laws. The parti culars of which will he published in the London Newspapers ill a few days. The Public will no doubt be greatly amused by the account, which will appear in the various Newspapers, of the fun that occurred at the Ep ping Hunt, and the varieties of Greenwich Fair, although such an account has most probably been prepared (or a week past. Now, in respect to ‘vritinr, beforehand an account 1511:41 Will COUIC to pii33, no one possesses none facilities doill the Lottery Office Kernels, who will inform yin, that on TnuasDAY NExT the Lottery will recommence Drawing, —that the Three Prizes of :.;0,0001. arc yet in the Wheel,—and that tin' First-dra mu blank will have Four Pipes of Old Port ; and U. CAR ROLL will inform you, that it is most probable the above Capitals will he sold by him, because in the Last Lottery he Sold Six Capitals, including Two of 20,0001., at his truly Fortunate ()Eces, 7,Cpm la, and 26, Oxford•wcet. LITERARY REvrEw. EDGEWoirrn, 50 «•ell hnown as the 'Confessor who attended Louts XVI. hi his last moment:, must be read with avidity by the future historian of the French Ilevolut ion: to us, and to our co - - temporaries, they are more interesting, not only as they relate to the most extraordinary epoch in the annals Of mankind, but as they ex- Itibit,with simplicity and truth, the character• of on indi'vidttal, who had ceased to be our compatriot, but whoie exemplary conduct must challenge esteem, and inspire veneration for the land of 11.'4 fathers. The Abb?!EDGE*OIITII, whose father emigrAted from Ireland to France, in consequence of having embraced the Catholic persuasion, is descended from that faMily so long established in the county of Longford, whose name is now familiar to all literary Europe. Prom an early period be had been destined for the Church ; on Iris ordination, when be assumed, in allusion to some patrimonial, property, the title of Abbe de Yriniont, he re moved to the seminary of Les Missions.Etrangers, flue de Pacq, where he residcd several years, wholly devoted to the dirties of his profession, and neither covering wealth nor seeking prefer ments. In this on atnhition9 obscurity he remained till 1779, when the Princess adzar.F.Tll, having occasion to chose a new Confessor, WAS recom mended to tire Abbe EDGEOIORTH, who was thus brought within the verge of a Court, andaccuq tomed to familiar intercourse with the great. For this excellent I'rinces3 and her unfortunate family be ever evinced strict attachment and inviolable fidelity; and it is perhaps the most striking pas. sage in the life of Louts XVI., that, when be reaved of all other friends and comforter•; it kilt, from an emigrant, a s►ranger, an Irishman, That he required the last perilous proof of zeal, and received the List offices of religious consolaticin. Of the manner in which this sacred duty was pet. formed, and of some preceding events, the 1 0 1- lowing sketch is given by the AbbtS, in a letter addressed to Mr. Usher EDGE WORTH : " I am sure my d• ar Usher will be .agreeably surprised to hear that 1 have at last escaped front France, and am now a ife lauded on Britisk ground. My dismal story, during these last four years, will, no doubt, be a matter of cariosity for him. But, were Ito write it at large, a volume, would hardly suffice. The outlines thereof is, therefore, all that can be expected from me to day; and to them 1 shall confine myself, Until, irk happier times, I can give him my history .ac large. " To begin will what gave rise to all, I must ell you, (what perhaps you have Beset. known,) hat hazard, if hazard be not Hu empty word, brought me acquainted a tew years ago witn Madame Elizabeth of France ; one of the most accomplished, and ( 1 really do believe) the most virtuous Princess, without exception, then exist ing in Eorope. Though a foreigner, and in every respect little entitled to the honour of her .ac quaintance, I soot) became a friend ; and she placed an unbounded confidence in me. Still, I was not personally known tither to the King or Queen. They were, indeed, no strangers to my name ; and in those latter times, had often ex pressed their astonishment, on hearing how (reels, 1 resorted to the Palace, whilst round about, ;ill was terror and woe. 'l' h e he( wit s , I never ap prehended the danger to be what it really waa ; and while no clergyman dared appear at Court, if not completely disguised, I event there in open day, once or twice a week, without ever changing try dress. Indeed, when I turn my thoughts upou these shocking times, I am amazed to have been so bold. Butt Providence, I suppose, blinded me. nn purpose ; and in reality, though my presence always occasioned a little bustle ~iniong the guards, I never received any insul: from th em . 'ri ms I continued, until the eve of the fatal day on which due Royal Family was arrested : for the oth of August, (I remember it still,) Madame Elizabcon desired to see me, and I s ?cm( a good p trt of the morning in her closet, little aware of the scene of horror that was brewing for the " I shall give no account of the cruel manner in which the Royal Fatly was trchited oil the occasion, as I Suppose the public facts are Well known to you ; and for the present, mutt confine my narrative to what regards myself. " Hitherto, the Revolution hail in some mea• sure respected me ; and though deeply afflicted by the misfortune of my friends, my person and little property rein/slued ontouched. Bot I soon lete, my turn ; and a woetol one it was indeed. No sooner had the King been transfetred from the Convention Hall to the Temple, but my house was broken open at midnighr, by an armed gang- of about 40 or 50 men. i was fast asleep ; and the roust. I occupied lying far from the street, they were already within doors before 1 awoke. Bitt as they advanced, breaking down whatever sup posed their passage, I statted frion my rest, and soon concluding, from the horrid noise with which my ears were struck, that my last hour was corns., I really had no other thought but that of reuotn- Tomlin; my sold to God, and preparing for death. Upon it:fleet:on), however, I tLought it better to LETTErsS . from the ABBE El )(i I.:WORTH to his FRIF.ND.S4, written hetween the Years 1777 an 1 SO7 ; with etnoirit of his Life, including; some Acco - unt of the late Roman Catholic Bishop Of Cork, Dr. Mon.. N, and Letters to hina from the Right iron. Eom uNn Briatig, and other persons of distinction. fly the lter. THOMAS It. ENGLAND.— LoNGMAN, HURST, Itccs, Damn, and BnowN, Paternoster A little book is just pOh:khe(!, niultuin in parun, ahiclt We feel it to be an imperative duty to IT. commend to the niblic. 'Tifc Letters of the A bbC